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Education
Ph.D., Economics, Indiana University, Indiana,
U.S.A., August, 1989
B.A., Economics, Sung Kyun Kwan University, Seoul,
Korea, 1978
Employment History
• Head, Management Research Lab, Korea Telecom.
January 1999 ~ Present. General administration and
overall management of the research lab. The Lab
provides research and consulting services to major
business units and headquarters in policy and regulatory,
marketing, and corporate strategies. In this capacity,
he is also on the Executive Board of KT.
• Head, Office of Privatization. July 2000
~ February 2002 . Major responsibilities included
general administration and strategic management
of the privatization of Korea Telecom, as stipulated
by the Korean Government’s decision to completely
privatize by June of 2002. Sale of Korea Telecom
shares through strategic alliance, and domestic
sales in February 2001 were major accomplishments.
The strategic alliance with Microsoft and accompanying
exchangeable bond issuance in January of 2002 in
the amount of U$ 1.8 billion was the cornerstone
of the whole privatization process of Korea Telecom
(the privatization was completed in August 2002,
as scheduled).
• Leader, Hansol M.Com Acquisition Task Force
Team. March 2000 ~ July 2000. Successfully led the
task force team, in developing strategies and heading
the negotiations with the largest shareholders of
Hansol M.Com—then one of the 5 mobile operators
in Korea. The transaction was one of the largest
in the Korean corporate M&A history, with the
value being estimated to be over U$ 2 billion. The
acquired firm was soon merged with KTF (formerly,
KT Freetel) in early 2001, to form the second largest
and fastest growing mobile operator in Korea.
• Leader, Telecom Policy Team, Management Research
Lab, Korea Telecom. September 1995 ~ December 1998.
Responsible for research in telecom policy and regulation.
Mostly providing consultation to the management
of Korea Telecom. Lead research including analysis
of telecom competition policy and regulatory frameworks
in Korea and globalization strategies of Korea Telecom.
• Managing Director, Regulatory Affairs, Office
of Corporate Strategies. April 1995 ~ August 1995.
Major duties included establishment and coordination
of corporate strategies in policy and regulatory
issues at the corporate level.
• Leader, Various research teams ranging from
Management Analysis Section to Competition Strategy
Team, Research and Development Group, Korea Telecom.
July 1990 ~ March 1995. Responsible for providing
research and consultation in telecommunications
tariffs, access charges, WTO negotiations in basic
telecommunications, and other policy and regulatory
matters relevant to Korea Telecom, right after joining
Korea Telecom in July 1990.
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